San Diego, Calif. (July 13, 2016) — Community HousingWorks (CHW) and the San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center) held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the highly anticipated North Park Senior Apartments, San Diego’s first LGBT-friendly affordable senior housing community.

Speakers included Assemblymember Toni Atkins; City Councilmember Todd Gloria; Sue Reynolds, President and CEO of Community HousingWorks; Dr. Delores Jacobs, CEO of the San Diego LGBT Community Center; and several #LGBTseniors.​CHW is developing 76 senior apartment homes at the corner of Texas Street and Howard Avenue, just south of El Cajon Boulevard, in North Park. Construction on the $27.5 million community will take approximately 18 months, and residents should be able to move in by December 2017.